⚠️ Some newer features might be unavailable if you use older Minecraft versions (1.16, 1.17).
⚠️ This mod is exclusive to Fabric. There is/will be no Forge version. Take a look at the FAQ below for an alternative.
❤ Description ❤
Stendhal is a client-side Fabric mod offering new and enhanced visual utilities for books, signs, anvil and the in-game chat.
All the vanilla GUIs (screens) for Book & Quills, Books, Anvils and Signs have been reworked, with quick access to various tools (import & export books and signs to/from disk, copy entire page content, entire books or signs, clear a page or a book entirely in one click, ...), legacy colors and one-click away unicode characters!
On top of that, it also offers a quick access bar for unicode characters when opening the chat! You can also customize your nametags with these beautiful vanilla unicodes in any Anvil!
Impress your friends by using these unicode characters while talking to them, or give directions on signs in a beautiful way!
❤ Features ❤
Configuration options
- Available in many languages thanks to the community! Contribute to your language on my Discord Community!
- Access the detailed configuration file under .minecraft/.config/stendhal/stendhal.properties to change any option related to the mod
Book Editor
- (1.18) A Unicode (emote) picker to select any unicode supported by the in-game font !
- (1.18) Reading a signed book is now easier with page index navigation and search features. You can also export them to use their content in a Book & Quill again!
- (1.17) Import and Export books to the Minecraft folder to load your books on other worlds or servers!
- Copy, paste and clear page content in writable books
- Add and remove pages in one click
- Copy, paste and clear an entire book
- Choose among all the formatting and legacy colors options to customize your book
- Keep track of how many characters you typed on the bottom of each page to not go over the vanilla 256 characters limitation
- Add 70+ unicode characters to enhance your readers experience!
- Unsatisfied? Remove the page formatting in one click and start again!
Sign Editor
- (1.18) Import and Export signs to the Minecraft folder to load your books on other worlds or servers!
- (1.17) Quickly copy and paste entire signs on the same world/server is now a two-click process!
- Use 70+ unicode characters to customize your signs
- Unsatisfied with what you wrote? Clear the sign in one click and start writing again!
Chat & Anvil Utilities
- Use 70+ unicode characters to talk to your friends in a more lively way, or with customized item names!
❤ Screenshots ❤
Stendhal Book Editor
Stendhal Book Importer
Stendhal Sign Editor
Stendhal Unicode Picker
Stendhal Chat Bar for Unicodes
❤ FAQ ❤
Q: Does this mod allow anyone that did not install Stendhal to see the books and signs modified with it?
A: Yes! This mod is entirely client-side, meaning anyone with or without the mod will see the modifications done by it. It only takes advantages of hidden vanilla features and exposes them to the users without doing any breaking changes.
Q: Can I use your mod in/for my modpack/datapack?
A: Please do! A credit would be appreciated in your modlist.
Simply do not appropriate yourself this mod.
Q: Will this mod ever come to Forge?
A: No! This mod is intended to push a little forward the Fabric community, and this is my choice to explicitly not make it available to another mod loader for the time being.
However, Ghostwriter is a solid alternative for Forge and the book editing part.
Q: Where can I find the source code of the project?
A: As of now, nowhere. This project has been a precious opportunity to make myself comfortable again with Java and a good learning process for modding, as much as I would love some help and see how people could contribute in amazing ways, I still want to practice and learn more for future mods.
I don't exclude opening the source code later down the line!
Q: Why is your mod named "Stendhal"?
A: Glad you are wondering! Marie-Henri Stendhal was a renowned French writer born in the 19th century in my hometown in France.
❤ Upcoming Updates ❤
Stendhal is being actively developed and ported to newer Minecraft versions over time.
- If you would like to give suggestion and follow the development more actively, please join my Discord Community
❤ Community ❤
You can join me on my Discord Community to discuss about Stendhal alongside my various projects, whether they are linked to Minecraft modding or not!
If you would like, feel free to support me on Ko-Fi, it would make me really happy and motivated!
Would it be posssible to add a color selection for books like in Color Utility? I would love this feature since Color Utility has not recieved an update in some time and i love to put colors in my books.
In reply to DivineEssentia:
Hello,
Unless I did not understood your request, this is already a feature in Stendhal: you have ways to color your text in signs and books with legacy colors (the ones supported for all players, operators or not). Let me know if you mean something else, I am not familiar with Color Utility.
In reply to NebSpacefarer:
Where is the option to colour letters?
I personally find these buttons very annoying:
Could you please add an option to disable these, so I can decide to only use the Pop-Up menu?
Pretty neat mod though. Love it
Edit:
After asking in discord, I was told about the config file.
When I set the shown characters to -1, it removed all of the buttons, except for the PopUp and scroll button
In reply to endivie06:
I have the same issue, but i did not understand how u managed to eliminate this symbols when u type in the chat. Can u help me?
In reply to nz_rutman:
Hello, open the file in config/stendhal inside your Minecraft instance named stendhal.properties and replace chatutils.symbols.amount=20 by chatutils.symbols.amount=-1 .
Don't hesitate to join the Discord community to get further and faster help if necessary!
Is this compatible with Sign Tools?
In reply to SnipeDude500:
Hello! Best course of action is to try it out, and report any compatibility issue faced. In order to report such issue, please join the Discord Community linked in the mod description. You will have to provide logs with only Sign Tools and Stendhal loaded, alongside their dependencies.
In reply to NebSpacefarer:
It is compatible.
Fantastic mod!
Now I never have to laboriously copy unicode characters one at a time from the web :D
Only improvement I can think of is being able to hide the chat GUI buttons with a keybind.
In reply to Jes7ix:
Thank you for your feedback!
I will definitely keep your suggestion in consideration. Feel free to visit the Discord Community if you did not yet to follow the development, hang out and discuss about the suggestions/improvements possible for the mod.
1.19 plz
In reply to lieuzxd:
Hello, a version compatible with 1.19 is actively being developed. Please join the Discord if you want to take part in testing and the discussion about it!
Is this mod allowed in servers like hypixel?
Great mod btw :)
In reply to NotBad_Illuha:
Hello,
I cannot take the responsibility to confirm this, best course of action would be to first read the rules and then contact the moderation of said server(s).
Some servers are restricting the client mod list to a precise list, and any other mod added on top of that might have consequences.
Hope you will find out!
In reply to NebSpacefarer:
Good to know! Thank you.
will there ever be a forge version of this mod?
Hey, loved this mod in 1.16. Will you update it to 1.18.2?
In reply to PantsuMisete:
Hello, this mod works with version 1.18, 1.18.1, and 1.18.2. Simply download manually the latest version, 1.18.
I will try to update the version as soon as possible to make it compatible with launchers which try to fetch the exact Minecraft version.
In reply to NebSpacefarer:
Thanks. Don't know why this mod doesn't have more downloads, it's high quality.